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24th February 2017    26th February 2017

  • Amazing WWII jewellery goes on display

    UNIQUE pieces of jewellery, crafted during the Second World War by an RAF crewman, have gone on display. The jewellery, made out of perspex from a salvaged aeroplane windscreen during the Second World War, can now be see at the Eden Camp museum

  • Boy, 3, taken to hospital after fire in York

    A SMALL child had a lucky escape when a fire broke out in the kitchen of a flat on Saturday morning. The adult man with the three-year-old boy alerted firefighters shortly before 10am and got both himself and the youngster out of the building before

  • York social care advisers get 'excellent rating'

    COUNCIL workers who help people with advice about social care have been rated as “excellent” by an independent survey. Mystery shoppers praised the social care advice, information and services in York, which they said were among the best in the

  • Tony Blair really takes the biscuit (letter)

    I AM a woman in her 70s but have just drop-kicked a cushion across the room. Mentally, it had a photograph of Tony Blair on it and also that of the person who thought that man’s opinion was worthy of news. He really takes the biscuit. He claims

  • ‘Thank you’ to young man who helped me (letter)

    I FELL outside the Loch Fyne restaurant in York on Monday, February 13 when my husband and I were visiting to celebrate our ruby wedding anniversary. I would like to get a message out there to say a great big “thank you” to the lovely young lad

  • York Mosque made us very welcome (letter)

    WE would like to thank all at the York Mosque for a lovely afternoon of friendship at the open day. We were made to feel most welcome and will look forward to the next one. Christine and Keith Ruddock, Sheriff Hutton

  • Business is booming despite Brexit vote (letter)

    A READ through the Business Weekly (The Press, February 15) shows local firms prospering, increasing their workforces, expanding their business premises, and an uptake in empty office space being occupied. All those merchants of doom Remainers,

  • There's a problem with cyclists and drivers in York (letter)

    IT’S nice to note the boys in blue are once again trying to sort out the miscreants with their dodgy cycles (The Press, January 21), providing lights and fluorescent rucksack covers for their safer onward journey. But are they telling them where

  • It's wrong to make a scapegoat of our pensioners (letter)

    I READ that an analysis by the Resolution Foundation for the Intergenerational Commission chose to make a scapegoat of pensioners’ spending power. Abysmal. There are many of us who have survived the horrors of a world war and experiences living

  • The bus service that sleeps on Sundays (letter)

    YORK does not sleep on Sundays, so why does public transport? Now that Tadcaster is reached by bus, although not on Sundays, could the bus to Tadcaster include a drop-off at York? There is no public transport via Wetherby on Sundays, which

  • I’ve finally worked out Remain problem (letter)

    AFTER yet more whining letters about Brexit from the usual Remainer subjects, particularly the Lib Dems, I’ve finally worked out what their problem is. They are obviously suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, a condition where hostages develop a psychological

  • ON THIS DAY: February 25

    From our archives: 85 years ago The following statement was issued by the BBC: “Some weeks ago the BBC received a proposal for the production of a radio play based on the Titanic disaster. "The motive was to emphasise the heroism of British

  • Older people deserve our respect (letter)

    WHAT a divisive world we live in. It is not enough to encourage hostility between race and colour or different faiths, now it seems we are setting people of different ages against each other. It has been pointed out that if older people have

  • Hospital miracles performed each day (letter)

    HOW many readers followed the series of Hospital about St Mary’s in London? The television show allows us to see the many miracles performed on patients every day. It shows the too few certainly looking after the so many and gives us a greater

  • Jake’s form inspires RI to victory

    JAKE McCARTHY is finding his form for York RI ‘B’ in the first division of the Time Communications York & District Table Tennis League .McCarthy’s treble was the highlight of a fine 6-4 victory for his side against Clarence ‘A’. Leaders Coneysthope ‘A

  • Third draw in a row for York schoolboys

    YORK Schoolboys U13s side recorded a third consecutive draw at home to Scarborough in the league last weekend.With several players missing, York looked to freshen up the squad and gave debuts to both Harry Watkinson and Jack Varley. The pair linked up

  • RACING TIPS: Saint looks heaven sent for Kempton punters

    IRISH Saint can take advantage of his falling mark by bagging the glory in the BetBright Chase at Kempton.Rated 153 at the end of his novice season in 2014-15, Irish Saint boasts some excellent bits of form having finished fourth in the Ryanair and third

  • York man's tattoo tribute to Bruce Springsteen

    MEET the Bruce Springsteen fan from York who’s just seen the star perform for the 101st time- and has a massive tattoo dedicated to The Boss all over his back. Mark Ryder, 53, has just returned from a trip to Australia and New Zealand where he

  • Work ends on new council houses

    BUILDING work has finished on six new council houses in York, and new tenants will soon be moving in. City of York Council has unveiled the six new two-bedroomed houses on Pottery Lane in Heworth, as part of its wider scheme to build 70 new council homes

  • York among least affordable cities in UK to buy a home

    YORK is one of the least affordable places in the UK to buy a home, with properties typically costing nearly eight times earnings, a report has found. According to Lloyds Bank, the city is the most unaffordable place to live in the north and eighteenth

  • Minister gives stark message to York

    A GOVERNMENT minister and Yorkshire MP has urged the county to “get its act together” on devolution, or risk missing out on growth and vital investment. Andrew Percy, Northern Powerhouse minister and MP for Brigg and Goole, was in York on Friday

  • York councillor quits, prompting by-election

    A CITY councillor and former Lord Mayor is standing down after ten years. Julie Gunnell, who represents the Micklegate ward and served as Lord Mayor in 2013/14, is standing down at the end of March, triggering a by-election. She said changes

  • Jailed: Sex offender who boasted of abusing children

    A SEX offender who boasted of abusing children as he distributed indecent images of youngsters has been jailed for three years and eight months. Some of the explicit images found on two computers and USB sticks at John Kavanagh Wymark Hoar’s home